Arrondissement Arrondissement

Arrondissement - Definition and Overview

An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries:

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France

Paris

Main article: Arrondissements of Paris

The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements.

Marseille and Lyon

The French cities Marseille and Lyon are also divided into arrondissements.

Administrative division of France

Main article: Arrondissement in France

Arrondissement is also the name of the subdivisions of the French départements (but the word is barely used in this meaning). The capital city of an arrondissement is the sous-préfecture

Belgium

In Belgium, the nation is divided into provinces, which are in turn subdivided into arrondissements. Each arrondissement comprised of communes.

Canada

In Canada's province of Québec, the cities of Gatineau, Montréal, Québec City, Saguenay, Longueuil and Sherbrooke are divided into arrondissements (called boroughs in English).

Montreal

BoroughBoroughBorough
Ahuntsic/Cartierville LaSalle Rivière-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles/Montréal-Est
Anjou L'Île-Bizard/Sainte-Geneviève/Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Rosemont/Petite-Patrie
Beaconsfield/Baie-d'Urfé Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Saint-Laurent
Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Montréal-Nord Saint-Léonard
Côte-Saint-Luc/Hampstead/Montréal-Ouest Mont-Royal Sud-Ouest (consisting of Point-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul & Petite-Bourgogne)
Dollard-des-Ormeaux/Roxboro Outremont Verdun
Dorval/L'Île-Dorval Pierrefonds/Senneville Ville-Marie (consisting of Downtown, Old Montreal, & the Gay Village)
Kirkland Plateau Mont-Royal Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension
Lachine Pointe-Claire Westmount
Italics: part of former city of Montreal

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